Synonyms for betray
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Reveal
reveal, expose, tell, tell on, denounce, divulge, discover, disclose, show, snitch, indicate, blab, manifest, unveil, rat, squeal, shop, exhibit, peach, stag, uncover, impart
2. Deceive
deceive, mislead, seduce, entrap, beguile, ensnare, delude, lead astray, dupe, circumvent, bamboozle informal, diddle, overreach, cozen
4. Sell — to prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive
sell, traitorize, quisle rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
to betray a person or a cause
- v. 2
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
An officer betrayed the city.
- v. 3
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- v. 4
To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
Forms
- Past participle
- betrayed
e.g. betrayed → revealed, exposed, teld, denounced…
Example sentences
- reveal Sami didn't reveal the identity of his assailants.
- expose Do not expose the console to dust, smoke or steam.
- denounce The alterglobalists denounce growing inequalities.
- divulge Sami didn't divulge a whole lot about himself.
- deceive I assure you that I didn't intend to deceive you.
- mislead He did everything he could to mislead the police.
By length
- 3 letters
- rat1
- 4 letters
- show1, tell1, sell1, shop1, fail1, ruin2, stag1, dupe1, blab1
- 5 letters
- cheat1, peach1, cozen
- 6 letters
- reveal2, expose2, wander2, unveil2, seduce2, snitch1, impart2, squeal1, delude2, diddle2, entrap2, quisle, bewray
- 7 letters
- exhibit3, uncover3, deceive2, mislead2, divulge2, cuckold, ensnare2, beguile2
- 8 letters
- discover3, indicate3, disclose2, manifest3, denounce2, renegade3
- 9 letters
- surrender3, overreach3, bamboozle
- 10 letters
- circumvent3, traitorize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- trahir
- Italiano
- tradire
- Español
- traicionar
- Deutsch
- verraten
- Català
- trair